View from SW showing pipeline and anchors at N end of valley with Derrick Crane (used to remove pipe for painting and maintainance). Digital image of B 13345

Description View from SW showing pipeline and anchors at N end of valley with Derrick Crane (used to remove pipe for painting and maintainance). Digital image of B 13345

Date 22/5/1991

Catalogue Number SC 716945

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 13345

Scope and Content Pipeline, anchors and derrick crane, Aluminium Works, Kinlochleven, Highland The aluminium works at Kinlochleven was built between 1904 and 1909 by the British Aluminium Company Limited. By 1911 the works were producing about 7,112 tonnes of aluminium per annum which was around 87% of the total output of the company at that time. The works closed in June 2000. This shows the derrick crane which was used to remove pipes from the pipelines for painting and repairs. A derrick crane is a lifting machine in which the arm is pivoted to the base of the central post. In front of the crane are the anchors (concrete bases) and six pipelines which carried water from Blackwater Dam to the hydro-electric power house which produced electricity which was used throughout the works. The manufacturing of aluminium requires a lot of energy and hydro-electric power is ideally suited because it is cheap and renewable. Fossil fuels, such as coal and gas, can be used only once whereas water can be used again and again. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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